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• September 30, 2014 30 Sep'14

  PernixData adds RAM pools to FVP flash caching software

  Flash caching software maker PernixData adds the ability to create cache pools from server RAM

• September 30, 2014 30 Sep'14

  All-flash array roundup: A two-track approach from big storage

  The big storage suppliers are split between all-flash array products with ground-up designs and retrofitted HDD arrays with flash

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  Can Lenovo turn around IBM's x86 business and win in the enterprise?

  Lenovo has stated it will turn its acquisition of IBM’s x86 server business into a $5bn profitable business within 12 months

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  ARM enters mainstream datacentre with HP’s ProLiant Moonshot servers

  ARM chips have entered mainstream enterprise datacentre with HP's production-ready ARM-powered Moonshot servers

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  BT launches cloud voice service for businesses

  BT to deliver flexible cloud-based VoIP services to SME customers

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  Convenience foods producer tastes success with software-defined datacentre

  Greencore Group signs a fully managed software-defined datacentre service to speed up its plans for expansion

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  CIO interview: Darrell Sturley, deputy CIO, University of Oxford

  Darrell Sturley, deputy CIO at the University of Oxford, discusses plans to replace current IT systems with managed services

• September 26, 2014 26 Sep'14

  Lenovo releases servers that can run at 45°C

  Lenovo has become the third server manufacturer to update its enterprise server portfolio with latest Intel Xeon chips E5 2600 v3

• September 26, 2014 26 Sep'14

  Public shared service cuts costs and improves operations

  Kent's Fire and Rescue and police force's shared command and control system saves costs and improves operations

• September 25, 2014 25 Sep'14

  Lancaster University supports SDN development with HP Networking

  Lancaster Uni deploys 40 OpenFlow-enabled HP switches to run SDN research and production environments concurrently

• September 25, 2014 25 Sep'14

  Oracle releases OpenStack Support for Oracle Linux and Oracle VM

  Oracle has made its Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux distribution generally available to support customers

• September 25, 2014 25 Sep'14

  Huawei ploughs $4bn into fixed broadband research

  Huawei announces major R&D investment in ‘ultra-broadband’ research over the next three years as interest in new networking standards grows

• September 25, 2014 25 Sep'14

  Apple promises another fix after iOS 8.0.1 is withdrawn

  Apple has promised to issue another iOS 8 update after it was forced to withdraw the first within hours of its release

• September 24, 2014 24 Sep'14

  Conventional datacentre skills and tools to limit business growth

  IT skills including capacity planning and performance management are no longer sufficient for business growth

• September 24, 2014 24 Sep'14

  Accommodation booking site picks Dell cloud to fix downtime issues

  Eviivo, a UK-based online accommodation booking website, has placed its business-critical systems on a Dell cloud platform

• September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14

  Google to build giant '40-football pitch' datacentre in the Netherlands

  Google will invest €600m to build a giant, 120-megawatt datacentre in the Netherlands

• September 22, 2014 22 Sep'14

  Digital Realty’s €150m Dublin datacentre goes live

  Digital Realty Trust has opened a €150m datacentre in Dublin as part of plans to develop 15.36MW of datacentre space

• September 19, 2014 19 Sep'14

  Dell bets on its end-to-end datacentre infrastructure strategy

  Michael Dell has outlined the company’s datacentre and cloud strategies

• September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14

  Software-defined infrastructure challenges legacy IT culture, warns Gartner

  Software-defined infrastructures are rapidly emerging and could disrupt conventional IT control, responsibility and support

• September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14

  Rackspace ends rumours of partnership and acquisition

  Rackspace remains independent and appoints Taylor Rhodes as chief executive to drive its managed cloud strategy

• September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14

  Dell: 'If ARM works and costs less, we will use it'

  Michael Dell, founder of Dell, says the company may work with Cambridge-based microprocessor company ARM in the future

• September 17, 2014 17 Sep'14

  Gas company builds datacentre in The Shard

  London’s 87-storey skyscraper, The Shard, which is home to plush restaurants, cafes and bars, also has a datacentre

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  Huawei aims to become tier one smartphone supplier

  Huawei is riding the BYOD wave, as it vies to turn itself into a credible competitor to Apple and Samsung in the smartphones space

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  Nokia and Red Hat collaborate to create open-source telco cloud

  Nokia Networks and OpenStack provider Red Hat join forces so mobile broadband operators can create a telco cloud infrastructure

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  What’s driving OpenStack’s rise as a viable cloud alternative?

  OpenStack revenue will soar from $883m in 2014 to $3.3bn in 2018. Here are five factors that are taking the open cloud mainstream

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  Five signs that VMware is becoming a developer platform company again

  With its Docker and OpenStack love, and DevOps and mobile initiatives, is VMware under pressure to bring back developer platform capabilities?

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  Clarks shoes steps into digital

  Shoe manufacturer Clarks is replacing its legacy e-commerce sites with a global cloud-based system next month

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  CIO interview: Intel's Kim Stevenson on creating insight and value

  When Computer Weekly met Intel CIO Kim Stevenson last year, she extolled the benefits of business intelligence – now it is taking BI to a new level

• September 12, 2014 12 Sep'14

  MasterCard issues contactless payment deadline

  MasterCard has given European retailers a deadline of 2020 for ensuring all POS systems are contactless payment enabled

• September 12, 2014 12 Sep'14

  HP buys Eucalyptus as it bets on open cloud future

  HP is acquiring open source software specialist Eucalyptus that helps build private and hybrid enterprise clouds as it bets on open cloud future

• September 11, 2014 11 Sep'14

  Datacentre market set to undergo dramatic change says Gartner

  Disruptive factors including cloud dominance, datacentre competition, market fragmentation and changing economic dynamics will dramatically reshape datacentres by 2016

• September 10, 2014 10 Sep'14

  The iPhone 6 and Apple Watch – will they be used in business?

  Apple has announced its iPhone 6 and Apple Watch, along with capabilities such as Apple Pay, NFC and health monitoring

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  Virtual backup appliance pros and cons

  Computer Weekly examines virtual backup appliances that run backup and restore from a virtual machine

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  University of Westminster uses mobile devices to share data

  The University of Westminster allows students and staff to view and share academic timetables and course information using smartphones

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  Capgemini and VMware collaborate for enterprise mobility

  Capgemini is teaming up with VMware to bundle its consulting and mobile services with VMware’s MDM capabilities

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  Premium wearables to push sales growth, say Juniper

  Premium wearable devices will push wearable revenues to $53.2bn by the 2019 according to research firm Juniper

• September 08, 2014 08 Sep'14

  Intel launches Haswell-EP Xeon E5-2600 v3 processors

  Intel has launched Xeon E5-2600 v3 processors (codenamed Haswell-EP) designed for the software defined infrastructure

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  King's College, UCL and LSE back £900,000 national datacentre project

  A consortium of universities, including LSE, UCL and King's College, is backing a national datacentre for academics

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  EasyJet sheds 'scrum' image with hybrid IT

  EasyJet’s reservation system could not provision for allocated seating, so the airline added a feature on Azure

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  Busting cloud myths: Four user instances where cloud computing failed

  Cloud can be beneficial but only when implemented correctly. Here's why four enterprises failed in their cloud projects

• September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14

  Server OEMs at risk as white box providers target cloud datacentres

  Server ODMs are targeting datacentres operated by IT giants such Amazon and Microsoft, threatening traditional server OEMs

• September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14

  Yamaha UK adopts managed private cloud for flexible IT

  Yamaha Motor’s UK arm has implemented a private cloud infrastructure and integrated a managed service system

• September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14

  Big data and analytics drive PC server sales

  Big data and analytics are driving demand for servers in Western Europe, according to the latest market share data from IDC

• September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14

  Why bare metal cloud is in vogue

  Bare metal services have been around since 2009 but cloud is witnessing renewed interest in it thanks to new offerings

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Windows Server 2003 EOL: HP seeks to cash in as IBM-Lenovo deal yet to close

  As enterprises look to refresh their infrastructure, HP is playing the stability card to win deals as IBM and Dell are mired by uncertainties

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Google reveals emergency relief-oriented drone project

  Google has revealed that it is developing autonomous drones for the delivery of goods that could be used for disaster relief

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  HP launches cloud and SDDC-ready ProLiant servers

  The next generation of x86 ProLiant servers are designed for the new compute era and are cloud and software-defined ready, vouches HP

• August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14

  Surface Pro 3: An enterprise IT review

  The latest version of Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet is the company's most compelling alternative to Apple. But how does it fit into corporate IT?

• August 27, 2014 27 Aug'14

  Server revenue grows for the first time since 2011

  Server shipments grew marginally in the second quarter of 2014, the first rise in nearly three years. HP led the pack, but IBM's revenues shrank

• August 26, 2014 26 Aug'14

  Veg supplier freshens up data recovery times with WAN optimisation

  Network congestion limited vegetable wholesaler Product World’s ability to create and move VMs until it deployed WAN optimisation

• August 26, 2014 26 Aug'14

  How to evolve desktop IT beyond Windows 7

  CIOs need to evolve their desktop strategy after Windows 7, but migrating totally to the next Windows version may not be the best option

• August 25, 2014 25 Aug'14

  Progress on datacentre energy efficiency is slow, study shows

  Small, medium, corporate and multi-tenant datacentres are still squandering huge amounts of energy, a report has revealed

• August 22, 2014 22 Aug'14

  Budgets up as virtualisation brings storage and backup headaches

  Survey finds storage budgets rising and more firms getting flash, but server virtualisation is pushing capacity needs

• August 22, 2014 22 Aug'14

  HP targets software-defined datacentre customers with new storage products

  HP launches software-oriented storage services including entry-level all-flash array and virtual storage appliance

• August 22, 2014 22 Aug'14

  London private equity firm shifts IT to the cloud to cut office move downtime

  London-based private equity fund manager SOF Investments overcame the IT nightmares of an office move by migrating IT to the cloud

• August 21, 2014 21 Aug'14

  Load balancing supports Kent County Council's VDI project

  Kent County Council picks Kemp Technologies load balancers to support a deployment of VMware Horizon View and Workspace across its estate

• August 21, 2014 21 Aug'14

  Microsoft migrates own IT to Azure as it faces datacentre closures and server EOL

  Microsoft is moving the bulk of its IT to Azure cloud as two of its datacentres face closure and thousands of servers reach end of life

• August 21, 2014 21 Aug'14

  IBM software-defined storage chosen for molecular research

  Molecular research centre DESY will use IBM software-defined storage to handle growing data load.

• August 20, 2014 20 Aug'14

  Nexenta adds object storage NexentaEdge and all-flash array NexentaStor

  NexentaEdge software-defined storage delivers petabyte-level scale-out capability, NexentaStor gets all-flash array functionality

• August 20, 2014 20 Aug'14

  Digital vouchers firm picks DevOps automation to speed apps deployment

  Digital vouchers provider Eagle Eye is deploying DevOps to manage the cloud infrastructure that supports its product network

• August 20, 2014 20 Aug'14

  Datacentres are a ‘soft target’ for environmental lobbyists, says CBRE

  Lack of clear international standards for datacentres is allowing environmental groups to criticise the sector for its energy use

• August 20, 2014 20 Aug'14

  Steve Ballmer quits Microsoft board

  Steve Ballmer has quit his post on the Microsoft board just six months after leaving the role of CEO

• August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14

  Brocade and Telefónica establish NFV benchmark

  Networking suppliers claim test results will alleviate customer concerns around performance barriers to adoption

• August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14

  Half of UK IT unfamiliar with software-defined datacentres, shows study

  Software-defined datacentres may be touted as the next big thing in enterprise IT, but 50% of IT pros are unclear of its benefits, study shows

• August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14

  Kent County Council hands six-year PSN contract to Daisy Updata

  Daisy Updata Communications to manage Kent’s public services network (PSN) deployment across more than 1,300 sites

• August 18, 2014 18 Aug'14

  OpenStack market size will cross $1.7bn by 2016, says 451 Research

  Free and open-source cloud computing platform OpenStack could reach an estimated market size of $1.7bn by 2016

• August 15, 2014 15 Aug'14

  Nike builds datacentre cloud and network infrastructure

  Nike is creating a scalable next-generation datacentre cloud and retail network infrastructure using Juniper's MetaFabric architecture

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  Lenovo bucks market trend with strong PC sales

  Lenovo has reported net profits of $214m for the quarter ending 30 June, up 23% compared with the same period a year ago

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  Gartner: Start Windows 7 migration now

  CIOs must start preparing for the end of Windows 7 support now, to avoid the issue many faced when XP support ended earlier this year

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  Cisco cuts jobs as profits fall

  Cisco is to cut 6,000 jobs, or 8% of its workforce, after another quarter of shrinking profits

• August 13, 2014 13 Aug'14

  M&S deploys Microsoft Azure cloud to run festive ad campaigns

  Azure powered M&S's multi-million pound Christmas campaign Magic & Sparkle starring Helena Bonham-Carter and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

• August 13, 2014 13 Aug'14

  Lloyds uses NightWatchman to cut electricity bill by £2.3m in eight months

  Lloyds Banking Group has used PC power management software to make energy savings

• August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14

  BBC hands digital testing contract to Mindtree

  Multi-million pound contract awarded under the terms of the BBC Digital Services Framework initiative

• August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14

  Facebook optimises software infrastructure for datacentre power efficiency

  Facebook has developed a system called Autoscale to optimise its software infrastructure and make its datacentre more energy efficient

• August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14

  Intel unveils first 14nm processor aimed at mobile computing devices

  Chipmaker's first processor based on 14nm micro-architecture will be thinner, cooler and aimed at tablet PCs

• August 11, 2014 11 Aug'14

  Intel watches ARM as low-powered computing thrives

  As the PC market continues to decline, ARM is proving that non-x86 chips have a long and prosperous future

• August 11, 2014 11 Aug'14

  Chromebooks set to replace low-cost PCs

  By 2017, sales of Chromebooks are set to reach 14.4 million units, according to Gartner, as PC makers target low-cost computing

• August 08, 2014 08 Aug'14

  European Medicines Agency signs €4.5m Serco contract for IT support

  The European Medicines Agency EMA has signed a €4.5m contract with Serco for an outsourced IT helpdesk

• August 07, 2014 07 Aug'14

  Tablet ownership increases by 20%

  Tablet ownership in the UK has increased by 20% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2014 according to industry regulator Ofcom

• August 07, 2014 07 Aug'14

  Wi-Fi users not concerned about hotspot security

  Ofcom report uncovers a blasé attitude to wireless security among users

• August 07, 2014 07 Aug'14

  Interxion invests €45m in Marseille datacentre as profits climb

  European cloud and colocation datacentre provider Interxion buys facilities in France to provide 5,700 square metres of space and 6MW of power

• August 06, 2014 06 Aug'14

  O2 launches 4G tariffs for public and third-sector bodies

  O2 says new ‘No. 10’ service for public and third-sector organisations cements its commitment to customer value

• August 06, 2014 06 Aug'14

  Apple and Samsung drop all law suits outside US

  Apple and Samsung are withdrawing all law suits against each other, apart from cases in the US

• August 06, 2014 06 Aug'14

  How Intel’s datacentre strategy is helping it retain market dominance

  Intel’s tactic of binding together software-defined infrastructure, cloud and HPC components in its datacentre strategy could keep it ahead

• August 05, 2014 05 Aug'14

  Microsoft sues Samsung over Android royalty payments

  While its CEO is pushing the heterogeneity agenda, Microsoft is on the attack, taking legal action against rival phone maker Samsung

• August 04, 2014 04 Aug'14

  Organisations at risk from lack of Apple security skills

  Hal Pomeranz, technical lead at Deer Run Associates, believes there remains a major shortage of forensics investigators with Apple skills

• August 04, 2014 04 Aug'14

  Camden Council’s BYOD adoption soars by 240%

  Camden Council has increased its bring-your-own-device (BYOD) scheme by 240% over the last three years

• August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14

  Five signs that Amazon is the new Microsoft

  Amazon’s business strategy is reminiscent of Microsoft's in the 1990s despite changes in market dynamics since then

• August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14

  Openreach CEO Joe Garner sets out broadband game plan

  Joe Garner, the new CEO at Openreach, talks about his plans to make the organisation more open, visible and responsive

• August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14

  Microsoft must disclose data held in Dublin datacentre, rules US federal judge

  US federal court rules that Microsoft must comply with warrant and hand over customer email data stored in its Dublin cloud datacentre

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  NHS trust cuts backups with Spectra Logic disk backup and tape

  Morecambe Bay NHS trust slashes backup window from 24 hours to less than six in a move to Spectra Logic disk-based backup

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  Bitcoin mining firm CoinTerra signs multi-megawatt datacentre deal

  CoinTerra, the firm that provides the hardware and software that power the bitcoin blockchain ecosystem, signs a multi-megawatt datacentre deal

• July 30, 2014 30 Jul'14

  Migration pains cause businesses to buy custom support for Windows XP OS

  Although Windows XP support ended on 8 April 2014, some large businesses are still running the Microsoft operating system (OS)

• July 30, 2014 30 Jul'14

  Lack of coding skills may lead to skills shortage in Europe

  European Commission urges people to learn coding, warning that a lack of coding skills could see Europe facing skills shortage by 2020

• July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14

  Amazon, Microsoft offer free access to cloud resources for climate-change research

  AWS, Microsoft and IBM will award free access to supercomputing and cloud resources for climate-change research

• July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14

  Time to rethink x86 datacentres

  A new breed of ARM64 based servers could offer datacentre managers an alternative to x86 machines. What's the catch?

• July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14

  Atos revenue slips but UK growth up 3.7%

  Revenue of Atos dipped 1.9% in the first half of 2014 because of slowdown in IT orders in Europe, but UK growth was up

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  TfL wastes millions on telecoms, says IIPAG watchdog

  Watchdog IIPAG criticises Transport for London (TfL) for its inefficient and fragmented telecoms contracts

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  Citrix SaaS revenue rises 12% while overall revenue grows 7% YoY

  Citrix has reported a 7% revenue increase in its second quarter of fiscal year 2014 . But it reported double-digit revenue growth in SaaS

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  Yorkshire councils upgrade networks for Tour de France

  IP telephony and Wi-Fi upgrades help North Yorkshire and Leeds City Councils meet the demands of the Tour de France